Gas-heater



G. E. SMITH.

GAS HEATER,

APPLICATION FILED JAN-11.1919.

Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 11,1919. Serial No. 270,690.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Heriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new ing is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a stove combining in a single structure, a peculiarly efficient means for heating a room, and a means whereby cooking may be done, it being possible to house the cooking means, when the same is not in use, thereby to detract nothing from the appearance of the apartment wherein the stove is located.

I do not confine myself to the precise form shown in the drawings, since a skilful mechanic, within the scope of what is claimed, may work such changes as his craft may suggest, without departing from the spirit of the invention or placing the utility of the device in jeopardy.

In the drawings:-Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the lower header; Fig. 4: is a perspective showing one of the burner-supporting brackets. Fig. 5 is a fragmental perspective showing a part of the utensil-supporting frame.

The numeral 1 denotes a box-like bottom header supported on legs 2 and provided with an upwardly swinging front closure 3 having notches 5 in its lower edge and connected with the top of the header by hinges 4, the header having upstanding nipples 6 receiving the lower ends of spaced upright flues 7, the flues being of any desired crosssection and having one or more openings 8 near their upper ends.

The invention includes a box-like upper header 9 having nipples 10 cooperating with the upper ends of the flues 7, the bottom of the upper header being imperforate, so as to close the upper ends of the flues. A top closure 11 is hinged at 12 to the rear Wall of the upper header 9 and includes a depending front flange 14, closing the forward portion of the header, the flange carrying a handle 15. Within the upper header 9, a frame 26 may be placed, to support pots, skillets or the like.

There are loop-shaped guides 16 on the bottoms of the headers 1 and 9, wherein brackets 17 are mounted to slide, the

and useful Gas-Heater, of which the followbrackets having upwardly'ofl'set' inner ends 18 carrying upstanding stops 19, the brackets having seats 20 at their outer ends, and being supplied 1 intermediate their ends with depending lugs 21.. Asupply pipe 23 is shown, the same being connected with a flexible gas tube 29, and carrying a valve 30, the pipe 23 having branches 24: supporting blue flame burners 25 of any desired construction.

Let it be supposed that the stove is to be used for heating a room. Then the upper brackets 17 are slid backwardly in the upper header 9, and are housed therein as shown in Fig. 2, the member 1114 being closed. When the parts are thus arranged, there is nothing about the device to suggest that it might be used for cooking purposes. The burners 25 are inserted into the bottom header 1, the brackets 17 and the branch pipes 24 fitting in the notches 5 of the front closure 3, the pipe 23 being supported in the seats 20 of the lower brackets 17, the stops 19 cooperating with the guides 16 of the bottom header to prevent the brackets from sliding rearwardly, and the lugs 21 coacting with the bottom of the lower header to prevent the brackets from sliding rearwardly. The bottom header 1 is not closed hermetically, and air entering the same is heated by the burners 25 and moves upwardly through the flues 7 and out of the openings 8, the flues presenting an extended and efficient radiating surface.

When the stove is to be used for cooking, the burners .25 are removed from the lower header 1, the lower brackets 17 being tilted upwardly and slid backwardly into the lower header, and the part3 being closed. The closure 1114L is swung backwardly' and downwardly, the upper brackets 17 are advanced, the pipe 23 is supported thereon, and the burners 25 are located in the upper header 9, the flexibility of the tube 29 permitting the burners to top of the stove to the bottom, or from the bottom to the top. During the cooking oper ation, utensils are supported on the frame 26. When the device is used as a heater, each burner 25 extends beneath a pair of the flues 7 to induce an upward circulation of the heated air, as hereinbefore described.

I claim 1. A stove comprising upright flues; a header constituting a closure for the upper ends of the flues; a header communicating be shifted from the Patented Oct. 21, 19 19.

with the lower ends of the fines; movable closures constituting parts of the headers; and a heating means insertible into either header at the Will of an operator.

2. A stove comprising upright flues';

headers mounted on the upper and lower ends of the flues; movable closures consti header closing the upper ends of the flues; a header coinmunlcatlng Wlth the lower ends of the fiues; a heating means insertible into either header at the will of an operator; and

a movable closure for the first specified header adapted to be disposed in a closed position when the heating means is removed from said header, whereby the stove may simulate the appearance of a radiator.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature. V

GEORGE ELLIS SMITH.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, 20.0. 

